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drysump on pinto
mooselogic - 24/10/02 at 05:29 PM

anyone used or currently moding their pinto to take a drysump... and how much hieght will this remove from the engine????

Jon Ison - 25/10/02 at 08:06 PM

ran a dry sump on an atmo cosworth, (same block) the sump was about 2 1/2" deep, trouble was it threw a belt and i lost the bottom end...... would,nt use one again......
without trying to wee you off, for the cost of a dry sump you could fit lighter "lower engine anyway......and if your going 2nd hand beware, as it come off an engine that as "blown" the pump could be full nasty bits if it as.....

just my thoughts..........

James - 28/10/02 at 11:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
ran a dry sump on an atmo cosworth, (same block) the sump was about 2 1/2" deep, trouble was it threw a belt and i lost the bottom end...... would,nt use one again......
without trying to wee you off, for the cost of a dry sump you could fit lighter "lower engine anyway......and if your going 2nd hand beware, as it come off an engine that as "blown" the pump could be full nasty bits if it as.....


WTF? I realise I have about a much mechanical knowledge as a concussed bee but this post leads me to the question:
You been drinking Jon?

Or maybe one too many high speed runs has warped you mind or something?

Or maybe (and more likely) I'm just being really thick!

Cheers,

James

interestedparty - 28/10/02 at 12:19 PM

Jon's post seems OK to me. Dry sump systems have an external belt driven pump, if the belt fails the pump stops with the result of no oil pressure, engine siezes.

If on the other hand an engine should blow up (belt is OK) then some of the swarf produced will end up in the oil pump and severely damage it

Dry sump is hardly worth the trouble on a Locost as it's the depth of the bellhousing that is the problem

John

mooselogic - 28/10/02 at 05:02 PM

Just tryin to find out whats going to work and whats not... Don't want to go steaming into something thats not going to work and cost me a fortune in the long run. a mate used to build race cars and he used drysumps, in talking to him i thought a drysump might be pos.

interestedparty - 28/10/02 at 07:34 PM

Dry sumping is used on race cars because of the high lateral g forces during cornering. Problem with a wet sump system is all the oil piles up on one side or other, and the ol pickup can run dry. Dry sumping is more reliable, as long as the belt doesn't break!

John